Change for a *new* nickel?

[KQ]

New nickels are on their way

The first redesign in 66 years of America's five-cent coin becomes a reality this month.

March 3, 2004: 2:45 PM EST
By Gordon T. Anderson, CNN/Money staff writer



NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Start checking your change: new nickels are making their way to pockets and purses across America.

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The new nickel's back

Last April, the U.S. Treasury announced that the nation's five-cent coin would be redesigned. In November, when the government unveiled that new pattern, it added a twist: There would be two new nickels issued in 2004, instead of just one.

This week, the U.S. Mint announced that the first of those two editions is ready to go. The Mint confirmed that 180 million coins have been minted, and were shipped this week to the Federal Reserve banks. From there, the nickels will be sent to commercial banks nationwide, and then will enter into general circulation.

The change marks the first alteration to the nickel since the most recent version was introduced in 1938. That familiar piece depicts Thomas Jefferson on its front, with an image of his Monticello estate on the back.

A likeness of America's third president will remain on the front of the nickel. But his house is out.

The backside of the nickels now entering circulation depict the Jefferson Peace Medal. This was a ceremonial medallion presented to Native American chiefs during treaty signings and other big pow-wows. It features clasped hands and a peace pipe overlapping a hatchet.

The second nickel will be released in the fall, and will be engraved with an image of the keelboat used by Lewis and Clark in exploring the American West. President Jefferson was that expedition's chief patron.

The decision last year to replace Monticello on the coin created a political controversy. Objecting strenuously to the loss of free advertising for one of Virginia's top tourist attractions, that state's congressional delegation lobbied to make the nickel's redesign a temporary measure.

The coin is scheduled to revert to its former design in 2006.

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(Yeah, yeah...I'm reading the news)

[Pinner]

Sure, but are they still worth five cents?

[schuss]

Yay! It's the "indigenous people fucked over for land" coin series!

[KQ]

Originally posted by schuss
Yay! It's the "indigenous people fucked over for land" coin series!

LOL!!! Just what I was thinking too. The hatchet is esp. symbolic

[Tippster]

Heh! Really - let's celebrate the sale of something to us that the seller didn't own!

I'm sure the Native Americans can't wait to spend it!

What's next? Get rid of the Dollar and use glass beads to honor the purchase of New Amsterdam?

[CaddyDaddy77]

Originally posted by KQ
LOL!!! Just what I was thinking too. The hatchet is esp. symbolic

There should be some nice Reservation photos, that would really be picturesque. Somewhere like Tuba City, or other fine res locations.

[1080Rider]

I wish they'd make pennie the size of the old silver dollars. That would be totally sweet!!!

[FreakofSnow]

While i was down in Utah this weekend, I spied a dude in the tram line at Snowbird w/ a Powder sticker


*hes gotta be a maggot, i think to myself* So i ask the dude -

"Got change for a nickel?"

"What?"

"Got change for a nickel?"

"uh?"

"uummmmmm" *stumble, stumbling for words*

Turns out he wasn't but he knew what we were, he had buddies that were.

" So I say what are their names?"

Oh wait that won't work, nevermind.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

It's constructed from broken treaties.

[splat]

Originally posted by Ireallyliketoski
It's constructed from broken treaties.

Yeah, but at least it comes with a crack pipe on it.

[CaddyDaddy77]

Originally posted by 1080Rider
I wish they'd make pennie the size of the old silver dollars. That would be totally sweet!!!

One that would be nice to find,
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- America's rarest silver dollar -- and possibly its most famous stolen coin -- was discovered in a box filled with miscellaneous coins by a Maine librarian who wasn't even a collector.

The coin, thought to be one of only two 1866 silver dollars minted without the inscription "In God We Trust," is estimated to be worth at least $1 million.

The "No Motto Dollar" was among thousands of coins taken during an armed robbery at a home in Coconut Grove, Forida, in 1967. Most of the best-known coins taken in the unsolved heist have been recovered.

The coin surfaced after American Numismatic Rarities, a coin auction company, received a call from a Maine man who said he thought he had it.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast....ap/index.html

[778skier]

Originally posted by KQ
New nickels are on their way

It features clasped hands and a peace pipe overlapping a hatchet.

So what they're saying is, get high then hack someone's arm off?